Hans Knappertsbusch conducts Wagner, Act I of Die Walküre. 1963; Theater an der Wien.

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Claire Watson (Sieglinde)

Fritz Uhl (Siegmund)

Josef Greindl (Hunding)

Vienna Philharmonic

Film of Hans Knappertsbusch conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, 1963.

Wagner – from Act III of Die Walküre: ‘Wotan’s Farewell & Magic Fire Music’. Hans Knappertsbusch conducts the Vienna Philharmonic with George London as Wotan. Decca SXL 2068, released 1959.

Hans Knappertsbusch (1888-1965) conducts the Vienna Philharmonic (Willi Boskovsky, concertmaster) in Beethoven (including Piano Concerto No.4 with Wilhelm Backhaus) and Wagner (the Tristan ‘Prelude & Liebestod’, with Birgit Nilsson as Isolde). Theater an der Wien; May 31, 1962.